A Warm Data Lab with Emily Stewart

Thursday October 24th
Doors & drinks 6pm; Warm Data Lab starts 6.30pm

The world we share is complex, constantly changing and alive. Yet in facing interwoven challenges we can sometimes be left feeling simultaneously over- and under- whelmed. How do we meet (not match) the situations we find ourselves in? How can we unstick each other from the roles we play?

While there can be no straightforward solutions, learning to rigorously pay attention to our senses and our relationships with one another, and being curious about the underlying patterns that connect what we can't see, is vital in creating the conditions for a healthier future for all of us. With this awareness, we can shape responses to effectively meet the complexity around us. Without it, we often enact simple responses to complex challenges which in turn create their own problems and stuck-ness.

Hope lies in the fact that as living beings we are made for relationship. It is only possible to express our humanity in relationship to other human beings. We exude warm data in our eyes, our smiles, our verbal and non-verbal conversations, and the importance we attune to relationships with others at the personal, family, and community levels and in local, national, and global contexts.

Warm Data Labs - as conceived by Nora Bateson, filmmaker, educator and President of the International Bateson Institute - are immersive group processes which highlight interdependency and generate felt understanding and perception of living systemic patterns. By tending to what is moving and alive, we can create space for new responses to complex challenges. After all, is it possible to truly respond to the living world without information that is also alive?

This workshop-style event will be facilitated by Emily Stewart, a systemic practitioner and transpersonal coach who has been hosting Warm Data Labs since training with the International Bateson Institute in 2018.

A Warm Data gathering is like the best after-dinner conversations you have ever had, with people you may have never met. These experiences have been described as a “kaleidoscope of conversation”, packed with enriching stories, laughter, and insight. They nourish the soul, transform the way we approach work, life, and our communities, and ultimately, create space for new possibilities to flourish.

The evening will conclude with a vegan supper that we’ll eat together.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6pm for drinks. Warm Data Lab starts at 6.30pm. Supper at 8.30pm.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Struggling financially, £20 Supporter. Food complimentary.

Before requesting a discounted ticket, please consider sincerely: Are you struggling to meet your basic needs? Would you have to make a genuine sacrifice to buy a full priced ticket? Do you have reduced earnings through a lifestyle choice or because you’re dedicating your time to unpaid work relating to the climate and nature crises?